Following a bloody gunfight, officers from the Katsina State Police Command managed to free two individuals from terrorists early on Friday morning at Wapa village in the state’s Kurfi Local Government Area.
The men were identified as Wada Sale and Alhaji Aminu Wapa.
According to the authorities, up to 24 terrorists broke into the village shortly after midnight and kidnapped the men.
After receiving a distress call about the invasion, the police mobilized to the area to confront the terrorists, according to the command spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the situation.
The two individuals were saved by the police unit after they drove away the terrorists, and he stated that several terrorists were thought to have been killed in the incident.
His said, “Today (Friday) 19 August 2022, at about 0100hrs, a distress call was received that terrorists, numbering twenty-four (24), on motorbikes, shooting sporadically with AK47 rifles, attacked Wapa village, Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State and kidnapped the duo of Alhaji Aminu Wapa and Wada Sale of Wapa village, Kurfi council.
“On receipt of the information, the Command deployed its tactical teams to the area and engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun duel. The team successfully repelled the terrorists and rescued the kidnapped victims.
“Many terrorists were feared to have been killed and/or fatally wounded during the encounter. A team of policemen are still combing the area with a view to arresting the wounded terrorists and/or recover their dead bodies.”
Isah claimed that Idrisu Dauda, the commissioner of police, had praised the personnel’s efforts in fending off the terrorists.
Additionally, it was reported that the state’s police commissioner had asked citizens to support security organizations at all times in the ongoing fight against terrorists and other criminals.
